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yBe it lrnownthat I, Fimo T. Mnmionfa citizen of the `United States,residing "at .linleyvilla in the county of Washington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and vuseful .llmprovements in VRad-Clamps, Of which the following'is a speci? fication.

This invention relates to arail clamp and has for its primary object toprovide a device of this character of simple, substantial construction,automatic in its'operation' and 'very ede'ctive ingripping a rail andpreventing creeping thereof.

.An object of the invention is to provide a .simple form of rail clamp'active under all conditions lto edectively prevent movement thereof.'

Besides` the above my invention is 'dis'- `tinguished in the u'se of twoplates resili`- ently connected together so as to be forced properengagement with the rail.

With these `and other objects in view' the yinvention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwithl the accompanying drawing,v wherein:

Figure v1 is a sectional. view of the rail showing my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. 4 Fig. 3 is a sectionalview throughone of the plates.

Fig. 4 is a side plates.

Again referring tothe drawing illustrat-` ing one of the many forms inwhich the invention may he constructed, the numerals elevation of onelot the 1 and 2 designate .a pair'of plates of-identicai constructioneach having a recess 3 for receiving the base of thev rail B and adepending lug l arranged to engage the side of the tie Ctherebypreventing the rail from creeping For the purpose of facilitatingthe engagement between each plateand the base, one wall of the recess 3is serrated as indicated at 5 so as to bite .into -the base of the railand this action may loel quickly accomplished by striking the plate witha hammer in the vicinity of the point '6. Forthe purpose of drawing theplates toward each other for engagement Vwith the base, I

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grip the rail and connection with the accompanying `ing it should beapparent that I provid'ea claim'is: Y.

'1; A rail clamp comprising .y a pair of:

oa-rail.V

'2. A rail clamp comprising a pair ofarrangement -it willbe seenthat'the plates are continuously drawn toward each other.

Ys o as tol effectively V,engage the base' of"v Patented separe, wie,application inea 'nine 13, `1e1e serial iro. 303,867'. i

the rail and in such a mannerv that'- an effective grip -is accomplishedbetweeny 4the plates and the rail so thatv when the' lugs 4E arearrangedl in engagement with the tie thefrail will -heV .eeotivelyheldagainst creeping. It is of course {tof} be.v understood that portions ofthe plate mayl be.

changed so as to cooperate with",or`be formed into the usuall fishplates lthat are boltedto the ends of adjacent rails.

j From the foregoing descriptionwtaken in drawrail clamp of simple,substantial-construction. that `will not-work loose andwill effectivelyhold a 'rail against creeping. f It is of course tobeunderstood',that'the construction off the various parts-andtheirassociations may y'be'A chan `ed in various -Idnan-l ners andtherefore 'I' d'not .desire to be limited in anymanner-except assetforth."4

inthe claims hereunto appended.

Having plates l yieldably connected together for engagementanddisengagement with'the base plates 'constructedto engage the base-uof arail and a yieldable element 'for drawing .the plates into engagementwith the base.,v

describedy myj invention, what 1 Sli 3. A -rail -clamp comprising apairof plates constructed to engagethe baseofva i 4. A rail clamp comprisingya pair of* lplates constructed 'so that when moved to.- ward veachother'thesame will effectively engage the base of the rail anda contractilespring having its ends 'connected to said ln testimony whereof I affixmy' signature.

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